The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-08-26
ABOUT PEOPLE AND THINGS.


MISS MARIA MITCHELL. professor Of astronomy
in Vassar College. suggests land surveying as
a suitable outdoor vocation for women.
FRED DOUGLASS, on being asked to describe his
feelings when he heard people speak slightinely
of his race heeitated moment and replied: ~
feel as if mule had attempted to kick me and
missed"
Miss LULU RAGsDALE, of Brookhayen, Miss,
the Ella Wheeler of the South. Her poetic
contributions to the press, principally to the
New Orleans Times Democrat, intensely
passionate
DIR. MoRELL MACKENZIE, of England. is to
receive from the Crown Princess of Germany
Uniting by her own hand. What he really
wants, however, is collection of steel engrav-
ings from Emperor William.
ARCHBISHOP CoRRIGAN gathers his snug in
come of $40. 900 year from 5000 tax every
church in the diocese, S., 900 salary from the
cathedral. his palace and expenses. and tax of
ST. on each burial in Calvary Cemetery.
A PITTsBURG street-car driver says that his
horses suffer severely Sundays from the
flies, because on that day there are so few
horses on the streets that those that draw the
about the only ones on which the flies
dine.
THERE are women in the large cities who
make a living by gathering and raising meal
worms for choice edibles for mocking- birds,
thrushes. canaries. etc. They sold at from
thirty five to forty cents hundred. and al
ways in demand.
THE condition of Mrs John A. Logan is very
gratifying to her many friends The fracture of
her left shoulder is rapidly succumbine to treat
ment, and the splint will be removed this week.
Her general health Is better than at hny time
since her husbands death.
THERE is club of young in New York
who never admit anyone engaged in trade to
membership. 1t is composed of rich young fash
onables, the grandsops of men who came down
from Orange county seventy years ago with
little butter and a good deal OF brain.
A GENTLEMAN in Albany says that there is in
that city a seven-year-o boy, Albert Blum by
name and match peddler by occupation who
can multiply 1.-TWO numbers not to exceed 2. 900
in his head and give the correct answer" This
gentleman ''saw Albert multiply ,227 by 43S."
Mrs HENRY WARD BEEcHER is to receive
Rev. Dr. Parker of London on his arrival on the
Umbria which will probably be next Saturday
DR. Parker will visit friends the country I'M
til October. when he will deliver Grafton
upon the late Mr.. Beecher in Plymouth Church.
NEAT little story from Watson
Springs. Ga, to the effect that during recent
freshet watermelon patch was washed away
the river, and citizen saw half a melon
floating along with a good sized pig sitting in
one end and eating out of the other as placidly
as if in pen.
THOMAS ANDERSON, of West Haven Conn. is
said to be of the last descendants of the
Mohawk Indians. He is ninety six years OF age
and in fine state of preservation. He says
that he wSs born at East Hempstead, i. l.. and
thar he and his brother who lives Fleming
L. l., the last of the Mohawks. 1t can safe
~ be asserted that no outbreak from the Mo-
hawks need be feared. unless, indeed, it should
take the form OF smallpox
A TELEGRAPH operator, no matter how ex-
pert he may be, becomes in time sort of ma
chine In sitting long hours at his instru-
ment listening to the monotonous tick of his
sounder he becomes deaf TO reason, and perpe-
trates bulls that in his waking senses he knows
to be wrong. Here is that caused consider
BILE CONSERVATION in a New York family. AS
the operator received it it read 'tUnclean Gus
died today 1t should have read: Uncle An
gus died to-day"
THE autograph fend has many resources, but
perhaps the most impressive of them came to
the support of a fend from Chicago He got
into the British House of Commons in the char
acter of a messenger having an important letter
addressed to a member. remained there until ad-
lournment. and then went quietly around among
the and picked mp tie cards which mem
bers had left in their seats with their names
written upon them. They make very curious
collection" he calmly says.
EVERY woman will, of course. deny that she
laces very eminent lady specialist of New
York said few weeks since. that you could not
lay the weight of your finger exposed vein
without limiting its natural flow of blood. She
also said that she had not had female patient
for many months who had drawn a full breath
for a year The doctors and druggists say that
a perfectly sound girl OF twenty is uncommon in
society. Those fiat chests were simply the nat
ural result of a generation of dressing and
living on the fashionable American plan.
THE funniest thing ever across in the
ten years have held this position happened
yesterday" said Chicago ticket agent "a
young man came TO the window and bought
ten mile family suburban ticket After paying
for il be asked me TO punch out seven rides. l
didn't exactly understand what he wanted, and
told him the conductor would attend to that all
right enough. lie then explained to me that